Author's Note: This is a relatively short chapter, but I wanted to set the stage for what happens next, and I wanted to introduce you to a character I created for another story... I tend to reuse my OC's a lot, and if you don't know about one, the information is always on my profile page. So, meet Tentomushi.

Reverence: An Easter Story
Holiday Series: Book Four
Chapter Three

***Tentomushi's POV***

Yawning heavily, Tentomushi covered her mouth with her hand and sat up in her bed. It was pretty out. The sky was a gorgeous shade of blue through the wide window and the sun was shining brightly, seeming like it was happy in the sky. Smiling, she climbed out of bed and went to her dresser. She threw on her favorite red and black polkadot dress with a pretty ladybug on the front, and grinned.

Naru and Motoki were both still sleeping, but it looked like Chibi-Usa and Chibi-Mamo hadn't even gone to sleep. Worried, she hurried out of her room to search for them. They had to be somewhere. She hurried to one of the smaller back doors that led into their play area.

She sighed. None of the other children were awake. That wasn't fair. She wanted someone to play with. Frustrated she blew her messy hair out of her face and turned in a circle. Nothing looked right. The city was all wrong and broken. But the sun was shining. She frowned. If the sun was shining, why did things look so wrong.

There was a noise behind her and she turned to see a scary man with white-blonde hair standing just outside the play area. He had on an outfit that was almost white, but also looked a little purple. She liked purple, but not on him. His eyes were making her afraid. He stepped closer and she screamed.

When no one came running, Tentomushi backed away from him. He stepped closer and she turned and ran out of the play area and toward the city. Maybe she would be safe there. But the scary man ran after her, calling for her to come back. Sobbing now, her heart racing, she cried out for help.

"Please! Help me someone!"

Closing her eyes she thought of her brother Mamo. He would protect her. She threw herself under a broken wall that was laying on it's side. The scary man's feet came closer and closer.

"I know you're under there little princess," he said in a mean voice. "You're coming with me."

Tentomushi closed her eyes tight. "I want my mommy," she sobbed. She shook her head. Maybe mommy and daddy were busy. Or sleeping. What if everyone was sleeping except her and Mamo and Usa? She shivered. She couldn't protect herself. She was only five. That was too small to protect herself.

The scary man laughed and the piece of wall started to move. Tentomushi screamed as loud as she could.

***Usagi's POV***

The faded image of Neo-King Endymion appeared in the bedroom, shouting for help.

"He's going to take Mushi!" he yelled. "Please! Save Mushi!"

"Who is Mushi?" Usagi asked. "Where do I go?"

"She's our daughter," Neo-King Endymion said, sounding frantic. "Please. She must have woken up before the others. She ran out through the play area and into the city and Dimande is following her. She's so scared."

"We're going now!" Mamoru said.

Usagi let her henshin take her, thankful it moved quickly because it was so urgent. She and the now transformed Tuxedo Kamen ran out of the bedroom and into the long hallway following the holographic image of the king who was moving through doors and walls without pausing.

"My baby. My little Mushi," he said, sounding as though he might cry. "How did this happen? This wasn't how it happened before!"

"You said anything could change the timeline," Tuxedo Kamen murmured as they ran. They hit a door and ran out into a play area that still had living trees and grass. It must have been protected by the inner Senshi's dome.

"This way!" the king shouted and they followed his shimmering figure into the city.

***Tentomushi's POV***

The wall was lifting and their was no hope. Tentomushi was more scared than she'd ever been in her whole life. She wanted someone to take care of her. She didn't want to be taken by the scary man.

A bright light started in front of her eyes. She closed them against the rainbow colors in the light and wished as hard as she could. "I wish I was with Mamo and Usa!" she sobbed. "I want Mamo and Usa! I want my brother and sister!"

"Mushi?" came a soft voice and she opened her eyes, sniffling to see her older sister. With a cry she threw herself into Usa's arms.

"Chibi-Usa! There was a scary man and he chaseded me and said he was gonna taked me."

"Oh Mushi!" Her sister held her tight and Mushi cried and cried.

"What happened?" came another voice. "Who's this?"

"Oh Takeo, this is my little sister Tentomushi. We just call her Mushi. Someone tried to take her," she added. "She's shaking."

"We'll keep her safe," Takeo said.

Mushi looked over at him. He had blonde hair and his eyes were the color of the sky. She sniffled again. Then she blinked. She wasn't in Crystal Tokyo. She didn't see the palace anywhere. She pulled back and wiped her eyes.

"Where are we?"

"Elysion," Chibi-Usa said. "In the past. There was an explosion and we ended up here."

***Mamoru's POV***

As he ran through the destruction of Tokyo, Tuxedo Kamen's heart pounded in his chest. His future child. He had no idea how many children they had in the future, but he refused to lose any of them. It would destroy him and Usagi both.

He wasn't out of breath and was grateful to have superpowers. His cape flew behind him but he didn't care. He only cared about getting to the little one before it was too late. Dimande was crazed and he couldn't be allowed to harm a child. Part of him wanted to put the man down, but he had seen so many saved already that he wondered if Esmeraude and Saphir were right and this wasn't who he was.

Still, he wasn't sure he wanted the man anywhere near his Usako, even after he was saved.

They rounded a bend and saw Dimande lifting up a piece of concrete wall that had been overturned. As he lifted it a bright light came from underneath, blinding all of them for a brief moment. Dimande's scream of rage told him the child had somehow managed to escape.

"Where is she?" he asked, turning to Neo-King Endymion.

"I don't know!" the man cried out. "This didn't happen before and until I wake up I can't assimilate the changed memories. Where is my baby?"

"How old is she?" Sailor Moon asked, staring at Dimande who was throwing pieces of wall around and still hadn't noticed them.

"Five. She was born less than a year after the twins. Premature."

"Oh."

Dimande must have sensed them then, because he turned. Fire seemed to light his eyes as they caught on Sailor Moon and he began to stalk towards her. Tuxedo Kamen moved without thought, putting himself between the man and his wife.

"No!" he didn't turn his head to see who shouted. He didn't really care. He would do what he had to in order to protect the woman he loved.

There was a blur of green and Esmeraude threw herself in front of Dimande, wrapping her arms around his waist. "This isn't you! Don't hurt her!" she screamed.

Dimande threw her off him and raised his hand. Tuxedo Kamen could see he was ready to strike with some form of energy, but there was nothing he could do, no way to reach the other woman in time.

"Dimande," the woman whimpered, but at that moment silver light blazed up all around them.

"Moon Healing Escalation!" Sailor Moon's shout echoed from the ruined buildings, louder and more fierce than he had ever heard her voice. She stepped forward slowly and as he watched, Esmeraude threw her arms around Dimande's legs and knocked him to the ground.

Not stopping her forward progress, Sailor Moon gritted her teeth. "Hold him still," she said, "Wiseman's fighting me, trying to flood him with dark energy."

Esmeraude reached over Dimande and tore something out of his left ear, then the right, and threw whatever she had grabbed away from them both. "Try now!" she yelled.

Sailor Moon stood directly over the prostrate prince. Instinctively Tuxedo Kamen moved to stand behind his wife, and wrapping his arms around her, he placed his hands just below hers on the Moon Wand. Golden light began to suffuse the silver and there was a loud scream as Dimande's body arched up off the ground.

He continued screaming for several long minutes, but now that he was helping, Tuxedo Kamen knew they were almost there. Even the man's clothing was changing, becoming a pure white, the stitching on the sleeves disappearing into the fabric. He pushed just a little harder and with a gasp, Dimande lay still, breathing heavily and staring up at the sky.

Then he began to sob, covering his face with both hands. He turned onto his stomach and wept like a child. He was saying something, but even with enhanced hearing he couldn't make out the words, but he was obviously unable to get over whatever he was thinking.

Then the man screamed again and stood, trying to run away from them. He stumbled and fell over a piece of metal sticking up from the ground and fell back to the earth, still sobbing. Esmeraude went to him, but he jerked away. She looked hurt and bowed her head, but by then Tuxedo Kamen could make out the man's words.

"What have I done? What have I done? How could I do this? I have to die. I can't hurt anyone else. Oh kami what have I done?" His weeping and rocking continued as he lay face down on the earth.

***Takeo's POV***

The little red-haired girl twirled in her red dress. It floated out and she looked like a flower. Ladybugs hovered all around her, causing little giggles to erupt. Tentomushi. That meant ladybug. He smiled and wondered if that's why they loved her.

"Wanna play?" Mushi asked.

He nodded, still feeling a bit unsure of himself. He wanted Rei and Jadeite, but the little one seemed to feel better when he stayed near her. "You look like a ladybug," he said finally, as he cautiously approached through the sea of insects.

Mushi giggled again. "I am a ladybug. Mommy calls me her little ladybug and daddy says when mommy carried me ladybugs followed her around everywhere."

Takeo thought he might like ladybugs now too. They made her smile. He didn't like it when she was crying. It hurt his chest. He rubbed at the remembered ache.

"Auntie Mina says that Mommy is a bunny, and I'm a ladybug and Auntie Ru is a dragonfly. I like bunnies. Every Easter Auntie Mina says the Easter Bunny comes and he leaves eggs. I don't know how come though, cause bunnies have babies, not eggs. But then when you open them there's candy inside, or little toys, or even pretty coins or stones."

"What's an Easter Bunny?" Takeo asked.

Mushi shrugged. "I don't know. I'm only five," she explained, holding up her hand with her fingers spread to show him. "That's this many."

"I'm not sure how old I am," Takeo admitted. "I think I'm six, or seven." He held up his own fingers to show her.

"That's okay," Mushi said, then hugged him hard. "We can ask your mommy."

"Rei-mama is my mommy now, but I don't think she knows either."

Mushi frowned. "That's not good." Then she grinned at him. "We'll have her ask the fire."

Takeo smiled and grabbed her hand. "Want to run?" he asked.

Mushi nodded and tugged at his hand as she darted towards the temple. "Come on!" she yelled, and laughed. Hearing her laughing made his heart feel good and he smiled.

***Neo-King Endymion's POV***

"Majesty," came a voice from behind.

King Endymion turned and looked to see Pluto had come away from the Time Door. He gasped in shock. Queen Serenity had made the woman promise not to leave during the time of the attack on Crystal Tokyo because they knew in several of the timelines she gave up her life to save them.

"What are you doing?" he hissed. "You are disobeying a direct order! You know if you die Haruki will too! What of your children? Would you leave them without a mother?"

Pluto sighed. "I already know I won't die in this timeline Majesty. Things have changed, or I would not have left my post."

He wished he was corporeal so he could rub his face. He'd never noticed the habit until he'd been forced to use this form to protect the ones he loved. "What has changed? Do you know where my daughter is?"

Pluto gave a soft smile. "Yes. She is with her brother and sister. She is safe."

Endymion frowned. If the timeline was still relatively the same, the arcade would have been attacked and the twins, Yuzuki, and Takeo would have been pulled to Elysion. "Are they with Helios?" he asked.

"They are. We must leave them there for now. It is not for us to tell the others where they've gone. There are reasons for them to discover it on their own. Even know they are searching, and we have our own war to contend with."

Endymion sighed. "Dimande doesn't fare well at the moment," he explained. "Usagi is still in a state of shock. Mamoru can't bear to let her from his sight. My wife is still locked in slumber." He sighed again. "And we still have yet to defeat Wiseman or destroy Nemesis."

Sailor Pluto nodded. "Do not fear my King," she said softly. "There is always hope." She turned her head to look towards the wing where Mamoru and Usagi had gone. "While she breathes, there's hope."

King Endymion sighed. "I want my wife to wake," he said. "I need my Usako. The mother of my children, my queen, my Usagi."

"Soon," Pluto promised. "Very soon."

"I hope so."

"There have been other... alterations," Majesty.

"Pluto, there's no one awake. Why do you insist on calling me that?" he groaned, again wanting to scrub his face with his hands. "We agreed to the stupid name change and formal titles in public, but this is too much!"

She grinned. "I know," she said. "But it's only for a little longer. Wiseman may yet be listening. He knows too much already."

"Do we know when the battle will take place? Now, or then?"

"There are three possibilities, and the choices that are made by our younger selves and those that have been rescued will decide that for us. Do not tell them where Mushi is. Send them home to care for the fractured mind of Dimande. Only Usagi can heal him, and in doing so, she will heal herself."

"Have you realized you're starting to talk in riddles like an oracle? Don't make me send you and Haruki to Kinmoku for a month."

She laughed, though there was still a touch of heartache in her. "Some things change us Mamoru," she said.

He breathed a sigh of relief at hearing his true name. "We will bring your daughter home," he promised, "and mine."

She nodded, swallowing hard at a lump in her throat. "This family has seen far too much heartache," she whispered. "At least there is sunshine amidst the clouds."

"There is." He wished he could give her a hug. He'd never understood before what loosing her daughter must have done to her and Haruki. Kidnapped at just shy of six months, the baby had been missing for nearly a year.

***Shingo's POV***

Shingo yelled in frustration and threw the table to the side. "I can't find them anywhere!" he said. His legs felt rubbery, his hands were all cut up, and every part of him had started to ache. "We've been at this for hours. They aren't here!"

Hotaru knelt at his side and rubbed her hand over his back. "It's okay," she said. "I'm sure they've just found a safe place. Remember, your mother said she saw a bright flash from Chibi-Usa."

"I know," Shingo said, then sniffled and ran his sleeve under his nose. He hated feeling so helpless. He wished his sister was home. She would know what to do. "I'm sorry," he said, looking over at Hotaru.

With a shake of her head, Hotaru stopped him. "Shin, this is a really stressful situation. You're scared and feeling like everything is out of control. But I promise, we will find the kids. I won't give up, and neither will you." She paused. "You can see the others won't either."

He turned to look. Sure enough the others were still pouring through the rubble, their wedding clothes torn and dirty. They had formed a line and were taking things out of the arcade piece by piece so they could be sure they didn't overlook anything.

"Lets go help," Hotaru said and held out her hand. He took it and stood, going to the front of the line and handing a broken piece of table to Haruki. His cousin's face was smudged with dirt and tear tracks. He looked like he'd aged ten years in an instant. Shingo met his eyes and nodded. None of them were giving up.

Reader response time: We all know there are several movies about Sailor Moon, and I've already done Fiore's story (Sailor Moon R: The Movie), so that leaves two major ones. I have some ideas for both but I want to know what you think. Obviously adaptations would have to occur with my story line, but those will be fun and interesting. I was hoping to slip one in before I start season three. Which one would you like to see first?

In Sailor Moon S: The Movie - Hearts in Ice, there is an unusual snowstorm and queen Kaguya descends, intending to freeze the earth. It's an adaptation of one of the short manga stories and involves a lot of Luna.

In Sailor Moon Super S: The Movie - Black Dream Hole, the Senshi must race to rescue children who have been put into an enchanted sleep. They meet Peruru, who became Chibi-Usa's friend and he helps to save her.

Also, there are some interesting side stories in the Manga. Do any of you want to see one of those? Let me know because this Holiday Series is just getting started...

Side Stories
Kaguya-hime no Koibito
Casablanca Memory
Parallel Sailor Moon
The Secret Hammer Price Hall

Chibiusa's Picture Diary
Chapter 1 Beware of the Transfer Student
Chapter 2 Beware of Tanabata
Chapter 3 Beware of Cavities Exam

Battle Stories
Chapter 1 The Melancholy of Mako-chan
Chapter 2 Ami-chan's First Love
Chapter 3 Rei's and Minako's Girls School Battle?